Example sentences of "if [pron] be [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 Similarly , if you are buying Mollies for a freshwater setup , make sure that the dealer is n't stocking them in brackish water .
2 ‘ Subject to the provisions of this Act , no action shall be brought to recover any costs due to a solicitor before the expiration of one month from the date on which a bill of those costs is delivered in accordance with the requirements mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) ; but if there is probable cause for believing that the party chargeable with the costs — ( a ) is about to quit England and Wales , to become bankrupt or to compound with his creditors , or ( b ) is about to do any other act which would tend to prevent or delay the solicitor obtaining payment , the High Court may , notwithstanding that one month has not expired from the delivery of the bill , order that the solicitor be at liberty to commence an action to recover his costs and may order that those costs be taxed .
3 The appointment of clinical supervisors and the introduction of structured education and training will be effective only if there are profound conceptual changes in the understanding of the purpose of the preregistration year , if there are contractual agreements to enable the educational supervisor to fulfil the role , and if there is financial provision for the training of trainers and regular formative assessment of the trainees .
4 The time limit for making claims is three months ( or twelve months if there is good reason for the delay ) .
5 In the High Court and county courts express provision is made allowing any party to apply to the court for different directions , a provision which should not be overlooked , particularly given the new provisions for early exchange of witness statements , if there is good reason for departing from the normal rule ( see RSC Ord 25 , r8(3) , CCR Ord 17 , r11(4) ) .
6 If there is any tendency for one type of crystal to grow and split more quickly than the other , we shall have a simple kind of natural selection .
7 While it is most certainly the case that black sportsmen try to present the image of being cool , calm and unaffected by tension , I doubt if there is any foundation for pointing to psychological states .
8 As we pride ourselves on our service we would certainly like to hear from you if there is any reason for not renewing your entry .
9 If there is any reason for hope , it lies in the world 's lack of interest .
10 All mail should be sorted ; if there is any post for overseas , care must be taken that the correct postage stamps are affixed .
11 If there is any cause for concern , more controlled tests will be implemented .
12 We compare what we are seeing with what we know , to see if there is enough resemblance for us to treat the new thing in the same way as we would have treated the known thing .
13 Auditors will be able to comply with the Cadbury recommendation that they report on directors ' statements with regard to companies ' internal controls but only if there is clear guidance for both sides on a number of scope , technical and reporting issues , an analysis by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales concluded .
14 If there is some consolation for bankers amidst all this destruction of value , it is that for some eagles practice makes better , if not perfect .
15 By contrast , in actions not brought under Ord. 53 the defendant must take positive steps to apply to the court to have the plaintiff 's case struck out if there is some ground for doing so .
16 More serious criminal cases are first enquired into by magistrates ' courts to see if there is sufficient evidence for the case to go further .
17 Defence and prosecution lawyers are giving details of the case before a bench of 3 magistrates who will have to decide if there is sufficient evidence for the accused to be committed for trial to Crown Court .
18 The accruals method has been recommended by the ABI as suitable for a trial period of experimentation to see if there is sufficient support for it , since to some extent ‘ true and fair ’ is a question of acceptance and convention as well as theoretical concept .
19 If there is sufficient interest for a return visit to either or both the nI will be pleased to arrange the day .
20 If there is more demand for a commodity , its price rises .
21 Inspection of ( 47 ) , repeated here for convenience as ( 65 ) ( 65 ) would lead us a priori to expect , first , that the language might provide a simple way to question the noun phrase and adjective taken as a unit , and second that , if there are simple interrogations for the noun phrase alone and for the adjective alone , these would take a form parallel to that for the subject and ( ordinary ) predicative adjective of a normal copular clause .
22 If there are four marks for a given point , the candidate who gets it all right gets four , the candidate who gets it all wrong gets nothing , but the chap who gets it part right has a possibility of one , two or three , and it 's often a question of judgement as to what an imperfect answer is worth .
23 That his choice is contrary to what is to be expected of the vast majority of adults is only relevant if there are other reasons for doubting his capacity to decide .
24 But the law has never felt obliged to follow such rational simplicity if there are good reasons for doing otherwise .
25 If there are good arguments for using video regularly as a carrier of lectures — sometimes the case in a programme which is repeated in several centres — then there may be equally good arguments for planning and recording them as video programmes .
26 There should be closer links , but only if there are equal rights for all people in South Africa .
27 A haulier must register for VAT if there are reasonable grounds for believing that its contracts will bring in more than a certain sum per year .
28 The suspect may also be searched for anything he could use to effect his escape and for evidence relating to any offence if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the items are in the suspect 's possession .
29 If there are obvious grounds for real suspicion , a senior detective will attend in the same way as in the case of any other suspicious death .
30 But they recognize that decentralization will only work if there is agreement on the fundamental competition rules to be applied ( with little or no discretion ) , and if there are clear rules for allocating cases across jurisdictions ( e.g. where a particular merger will have competition implications in several member states of the EC ) .
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